BETHESDA, MD.—Leaders in the recently launched Hospitality Sustainable Purchasing Consortium welcome its newest member—Quiltcraft Industries—a leading source of draperies, bedding, and wall coverings. The Hospitality Sustainable Purchasing Consortium is a collaboration of industry leaders who produce, research, specify, and purchase furniture, fixtures and equipment (FF&E) and OS&E products for hotels. The Consortium’s mission is to create the Hospitality Sustainable Purchasing Index (HSPI), an industry-wide sustainability performance measurement solution. HSPI will facilitate purchasing from socially and environmentally responsible companies that produce products to reduce a hotel’s environmental impact, and contribute to guest comfort, health and well-being. The index will help ensure that...

CHICAGO—Protect-A-Bed recently released the only guaranteed way to kill virtual bed bugs—a fun, interactive iPhone game called Bed Bug Plague. Bed Bug Plague is a new addition to Protect-A-Bed’s free Bed Bugs 101 iPhone application, a comprehensive and easy-to-use reference guide on bed bugs, including how to recognize them, details on their appearance and the symptoms they cause. In Bed Bug Plague, the enemy is a continuous rush of bed bugs that are trying to make it across the screen to infest a bed. The objective is to stop the bugs from reaching the bed by building towers along the...

SAGINAW, MICH.—Duro-Last Roofing, Inc., a national manufacturer of thermoplastic commercial roofing systems, announced that the company has been endorsed by Hilton Worldwide International Inc. Duro-Last’s custom-prefabricated, reinforced single-ply roofing system provides a quality-assured product manufactured in a controlled factory environment, a process that eliminates up to 85 percent of rooftop seaming. This amounts to savings in labor costs and improves the long-term performance of the roofing system. Duro-Last is a “charter partner” in the ENERGY STAR Roof Products Program, sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The highly-reflective white membrane delivers energy cost savings for building owners and managers. “We’re excited to...

TAMPA, FLA.—WhiteHall Products, a leading provider of single-use solutions including plastics, paper products and janitorial supplies, announced that the company has introduced a green product line.  “At WhiteHall Products, we appreciate that reducing the impact on our environment is as important to our customers as it is to us,” said Mike Russo, president of WhiteHall Products. “Though most businesses are interested in implementing a green initiative in their workplace, many are unable to absorb the additional investment it typically takes to utilize green products. That’s why WhiteHall Products has developed a line of green products that are friendly to...

CHICAGO—OpenWays’ Mobile Key, together with Ariane Systems and KABA Saflok, recently introduced a joint Mobile Key front desk bypass solution for check-in. The 100 percent automated self-service check-in solution brings together Ariane System’s Allegro check-in system and Saflok’s RT next-generation RFID locking system with factory-installed OpenWays Mobile Key built in. The integrated solution was deployed first in Oslo, Norway. “There is no smarter or greener check-in solution than Mobile Key,” said Pascal Metivier, OpenWays founder and CEO. “Our three companies have leveraged mobile technology unlike any other to deliver a guest check-in experience that is unsurpassed. The solution is sustainable,...

PERTH AMBOY, N.J.—Monarch Robe & Towel Co., a leading supplier of fine bathrobes and towels to the global hospitality industry, announces the full acquisition of its biggest rival, Cypress Luxury Bath & Bed Amenities, from Russell Newman Brands. The acquisition, which was finalized July 13, includes all Cypress trademarks, products and inventory, and establishes the combined company as a leading manufacturer and distributor of bathrobes, towels and linens. Operations for both Cypress and Monarch will continue as normal during the merger process, which is already under way. Although the two companies have been spirited rivals for many years, they share...

FRANKLIN PARK, ILL.—Sloan announced the hiring of Mike Gipson as product line manager, Flushometers, and Carrie Halle as product strategy manager. Gipson will be responsible for managing and marketing the flushometer product line. While serving as the voice of the customer for this product category, Gipson’s duties will include defining flushometer product strategy, positioning and pricing strategies. He will work closely with Sloan’s new product development team, as well as with quality, supply chain, customer service and technical support teams to ensure customer needs are met.  Gipson has more than 20 years of experience in product and brand management, most recently...

BETHESDA, MD.—Leaders in the recently launched Hospitality Sustainable Purchasing Consortium welcome its newest member, Contract Decor International, a source for high-quality, custom-manufactured window treatments and bedcovers. The Hospitality Sustainable Purchasing Consortium, led by MindClick SGM, is working collaboratively to develop an industry-wide Hospitality Sustainable Purchasing Index (HSPI). HSPI will help hotel owners purchase products that both reduce their properties’ environmental impact, and contribute to guest comfort, health and well-being.“We recognize and fully support the Consortium’s commitment to greening the hotel industry through purchasing,” said Michael Handler, CEO of Contract Decor. “Working closely with designers, brands, purchasing firms and owners...

NEW CASTLE, DEL.—Speakman Company recently unveiled the newly redesigned Anystream Icon 8-Jet showerhead. The Icon 8-Jet, also known as the Speakman #1 is one of Speakman’s most recognizable showerheads. The newly redesigned Anysteam Icon 8-Jet showerhead joins the Icon 6-jet showerhead, which was redesigned and introduced in March. The Anystream Icon showerheads have undergone many changes over the years but still retain their signature spray performance which made them known throughout the plumbing and hospitality industry. Upgrades to the product include a metal faceplate free from screw holes, contoured peanut handle, and extended body to create a smooth body shape up...

CLEVELAND, OHIO—Hasek Communications, the Cleveland, Ohio-based publisher of Green Lodging News, welcomes ECPAT-USA (End Child Prostitution and Trafficking) as a Green Product & Service Directory partner. ECPAT-USA offers TassaTags, luggage tags made by women at The Regina Center in Nongkhai, Thailand. A TassaTag (Travelers Against Sex Slavery and Trafficking) is a 4" x 6" bright, hand-woven cotton, fair trade luggage tag that helps one spot one’s luggage more easily. Proceeds from the sale of TassaTags support ECPAT-USA’s efforts against child sex tourism. Working with ECPAT organizations around the world, ECPAT-USA promotes the “Code of Conduct for the Protection of Children...